wooden bullet
i just bought this http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=230314135 i've read a lot of stories about wooden bullets, does anyone have an idea what this one is for, what its worth, or evan what sort of round that is.
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That appears to be a wooden bullet SHOT load- hollow wooden bullet filled with lead shot. I tried running the dimensions given thru my data base, and realized there is an error in them- if that is a .450 bullet, no way can the case length be twice that- .900 Missing digits somewheres. Sorry
EDIT FOR DEPUTY- Yes- there were solid wooden bullets, used for close range practice, or as a blank (with a device on the muzzle to shred the wood) BUT THIS ONE AIN'T IT. Think of it as snake shot or ratshot. Bullet was usually a light, rather fragile wood (poplar comes to mind) hollow, filled with lead shot. There are also cartridges with a paper bullet, metal case, lead shot.0 -
Wooden bullets were used for blanks in many armies. I was going over the many different military cartridges in COW. Looks to me like he got his dimension wrong as far as case length is concerned. The cartridge would be a dead ringer for the 11.4 Egyptian, except the Egyptian is 1" longer.
EDIT #1, Photo I got off the net of the 11.43mm Egyptian Cartridge.
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I'll guess a .577/450 shot shell. I've got a similar one in .45/70 0 -
It is a shot ctg for the Dutch Beaumont. The wood "bullet" is hollow and contains a bit of shot. 0 -
I have several boxes of 7.62x39 with a wooden bullets. They were called practice rounds. You can often find several other sizes with wooden bullets on the auction side. 0
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